Make a Clock Activity

Help your students master telling the time with this fun, interactive make-your-own clock activity! This engaging resource combines hands-on learning with essential maths skills, making it perfect for reinforcing key concepts in a memorable way.

What’s Included:

• Printable clock face template
• Hour and minute hands to cut and attach
• Helpful time labels (e.g. o’clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to)
• Additional minute markers to support understanding of time intervals
• Clear, child-friendly step-by-step instructions

Why You’ll Love It:

• Encourages active, kinaesthetic learning
• Supports understanding of analogue time
• Ideal for KS1 / Year 1–2 learners
• Great for independent work, small groups, or whole-class activities
• Perfect for maths centres, interventions, or homework tasks

Students will create their very own movable clock using simple materials (paper plate + split pin), helping them to visualise time and practise key vocabulary like “quarter past” and “half past.”

Perfect for:

• Teaching telling the time to the hour and half past
• Introducing quarter past / quarter to
• Reinforcing minute intervals
• Supporting learners who need a concrete, visual aid

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